WHO Global Clinical Platform for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • 🦇 Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)

Total cases

662

Total deaths

537

Mean CFR (%)

63%

Total countries

19

Total outbreaks

27

Latest events

2024

Overview
  • Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV) of the species Orthomarburgvirus marburgense are the causative agents of Marburg virus disease (MVD). The disease has a case fatality ratio of up to 88%, but it can be much lower with good and early patient care. Both viruses are part of the Filoviridae family (filovirus).

  • Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The average MVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks.

  • 🦇 Rousettus aegyptiacus, a fruit bat of the Pteropodidae family, is considered the natural host of Marburg virus. The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through human-to-human transmission.

  • 🌎 Worldwide geospatial distribution
  • 📈 At a glance
Country Cases Deaths CFR
AFR
United Republic of Tanzania 10 7 70%
Equatorial Guinea 41 36 88%
Ghana 4 3 75%
Guinea 2 2 100%
Uganda 24 11 46%
Angola 375 330 88%
Democratic Republic of the Congo 155 129 83%
Kenya 4 3 75%
South Africa 4 2 50%
EUR
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2 2 100%
Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia 3 1 33%
Germany 30 8 27%
AMR
United States of America 2 1 50%

Source: WHO.



This dashboard displays MVD data for:

Total countries: 19
Total events: 27
Most recent: 2024
As of: 2025-04-09


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